Medical Device Reprocessing Technician

4 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada Dalhousie University Full time

**Position Details**:

- Position Information**Position Title**
- Medical Device Reprocessing Technician

**Department/Unit**
- Dental Clinic

**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

**Posting Number**
- S275-23

**Employee Group**
- NSGEU Local 77

**Position Type**
- Regular, On-Going

**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**

**Employment Type**
- Full Time

**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0

**Salary**
- $22.44- $28.46per hour ($40,843 - $51,802 per annum, 35 hours per week)

**Classification**
- T6

**Provisional Statement**

**About Dalhousie University**
- Dalhousie University is Atlantic Canada’s leading research-intensive university and a driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development. Located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an Agricultural Campus in Truro/Bible Hill, Dalhousie is a truly national and international university, with more than half of our almost 21,000 students coming from outside of the province. Our 6,000 faculty and staff foster a vibrant, purpose-driven community, that celebrated 200 years of academic excellence in 2018.

**Job Summary**
- The Faculty of Dentistry promotes and provides oral health care as an integral component of overall health for regional, national and international communities through quality education, research and service. Reporting to the MDR, Team Lead through to the Manager of Clinical Services, the Technician is responsible to perform various duties including cleaning, disinfection, storage, packaging and sterilization and dispensing duties in accordance with Canadian Standards. Staff are assigned to designated MDR station on a weekly rotation including working independently in the Clinical Dispensary on level 2 providing direct support to staff, students and faculty.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Complete all phases of Dental Clinic sterilization process including: collection, sorting, washing, assembling, packaging, wrapping, sterilizing, and distribution. Complete testing procedures to ensure proper operation of sterilization equipment.
- Transport all contaminated items to the Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) area, clean, check and wrap items for sterilization.
- Regularly clean work areas and equipment including sterilizing units and maintain daily operational logs and records.
- Safely handle sterile and non-sterile instruments ensuring infection control for patients, students, staff and faculty, and protect against cross-contamination.
- Ensure the status of supplies including asepsis, expiry dates, are stored appropriately and maintain adequate inventory levels in MDR and Clinical areas.
- Provide customer service to students and faculty dispensing and receiving dental instruments and equipment. Staff are required to have a general knowledge of the supplies and equipment to provide support to the students.
- Participate in orientation process and training sessions on procedures and operation of MDR unit for staff, dental and dental hygiene students.

**Note**
The Medical Device Reprocessing Department is a hospital grade sterilization unit within a class C Health Care Facility; therefore, the successful applicant must be vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of an initial dose and one booster. It is recommended that clinic staff continue to receive boosters when they qualify, to maintain the highest level of protection possible for the sake of vulnerable family and patients.
Due to operational requirements, the successful applicant is required to work in-person on campus.

**Required Qualifications**
- Technical training required, such as a Registered Central Service Technician (Purdue University Correspondence Course, or equivalent) required, along with one to three years’ experience in a clinic or hospital environment and/or related experience in the dental or medical field.
- Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team is essential.
- Organizational skills are essential, as well as the ability to multi-task and set priorities.

**Assets**

**Job Competencies**

**Additional Information**
- Dalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes a defined benefit pension plan, health and dental plans, a health spending account, an employee and family assistance program and a tuition assistance program._

**Application Consideration**

**Diversity Statement**
- Posting Detail Information**Number of Vacancies**
- 1

**Open Date**
- 07/05/2023

**Close Date**
- 07/19/2023

**Open Until Filled**
- No

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